Collar.



L. B. TIM.

COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED D20. 7, 1909.

982,646, Patented Jan.24, 1911.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR A TTORNEVS Be it known that I, LOUIS B. TIM,

"zen of the United States,

IUMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' LOUIS arm, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR.

To all it 'r hqy concernf 1 and-a resident of the c ty of New York, borough of Manhattan, '-i1 1 the county and State ofNew York, 5 havemvem da new and Improved Collar,

1132 .01: which thefollowing is a full, clear, and

iexact'description.

ing or tying the tie; Collars have been con- .Thisinvention relates to certain im rovements in that type, of'turn-down col arm .which the rearportionis so constructed, as to--'separate the necktie from the head of the collar button, in order to prevent ,the necktie from being injured while being moved lengthwise past the collar button in adjuststructed of this character, in which the neck band portion was formed of two plies separated" at the lower. edge,-and in one of employed to extend either upwardly or downwardly upon theouter surface of theneckband, or to extend upwardly or down- I head of .the collar button.

the collar at the back portion thereof, and to which a bu-ttonhole' was formed. Collars have also-been 'made in which a tabhas been Wardly'upon the inner surface of'the neckband and to carry'the buttonhole, in order that the necktie might not engagewith the p In securing a collar to the rear collar button, it is customary, if not necessary, to hold reach over the shoulder to the collar button.

'f'Thus, the hand is mostlyabove thecollar, and it is very difficult to separate the portion havin the button hole fromthe adjacent portion of the collar so as to attach this buttonhole portion to' the collar button. This is particularly true in that type of collar in which the. buttonhole bearing portion and the button-protecting portion are'secured'together at the upper edgeand are free from each other'a't the lower edge. In collars in which the buttonhole-bearing portionis' in the form of a tab secured at only 'one edge, the tab, if it beat all wilted, oftenwill not properly hold the collar, for

it'is necessary to pull the tie lengthwise through the collar andthe tie is of'such thickness that it encounters material resistance.

.The object of my invention 1s to so construct and secure the buttonhole-bearing portion, that it may be readily separated from the adjacent portion of the neckband, so as to facilitate the attachment of the button hole-bearing portion'to the button. 'I. ;s ep a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 7, 1909. Serial ire/531,754. I

Patente Jan. 24, 1911.

a citibut also along their upper edges, so that the thumb or finger may be extended entirely through the space between the buttonholebearin portion and the neckband, andthe buttonholebearing portion. firmly grasped from above to force the-button through the buttonhole. Furthermore, by securing the buttonl1olebearing portion at its ends, no amount of lengthwise pulling on the collar can bend or displace the buttonhole-bearing portion any more'than if the neckband itself were directly secured to the button. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and ln wh1ch- Figure 1 Isa perspectlve VIBW of a collar constructed in accordance with my invention; F 1g. 2 1s a longitudinal hor zontal section on the line 22 in Fig.1, through the rear portion of the collar, showing the collar button and necktie in operative position; and Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2 but showing the buttonhole-bearing ortion spaced from the neckbandproper an ready to be secured to the collar button.

-My im roved collar is of the turn-down type, an is constructed with the ordinary neckband or standing portion 10, and the ordinary turn-down portion 11 secured to the neckband along the upper edge of the latter. The neckba'nd portlon is provided with the customary buttonholes 12, at the front edge thereof, but there is no rear but-' tonhole directly in the neckband.

The main feature of my collaris a bandor strip 13, secured to the inner surface of the neckband or standing portion at the rear of the latter. 'This band 13 is of a'height considerably less than the height of the neckband, and is secured adjacent the lower portion of the lower half of the neckband. The upper edge of the band 13 is substantially straight-,,al though it may be covered slightly if desired, and the lower edge preferably curves downwardly, so that its center portion extends below the lower edge of the neckband; Thus,'by,placing the finger beneckband. -,This. ,band "or 'strip 13 has. a .bu ttonhole 14' intermediate its ends, and the ends jof thebandarecuton diagonal and up- \vardly-convcrging lines and secured to the separated fronr the neckband, as it is the The but- 5 lower edge of the buttonhole-bearing portion neckband by lines of stitching 15. tonhole-bearingportion'13 is thus secured to the neckb'and along two separate spaced lines upon opposite sides of the buttonhole, so that a longitudinal pulling of the collar will not displace the buttonhole-bearing portion. The collar naturally lies substantially in a curved line, and as the two lines of stitching 15-15 are spaced apart along the necktie, it is evident that the distance along the collar from one line of stitching 15 to the other, will be slightly greater than an air line from one to the other. Thus the buttonhole bearing portion may be moved outwardly and may be caused to assume an outwardly-curved position, as indicated in Fig. 3, so that'there will be a free vertical passage between the neckband and the body portion of the buttonhole-bearing strip or band 13. This permitsthe thumb or finger to be readily inserted between the neckband and the buttonhole-bearing portion ifrom above, so as to firmly hold the buttonholebearing portion between the thumb and finger when it is being secured to the button. This is not possible where the neckband is formed of two plies separated at the lower edge, or where there is a downwardly-extending tab on the neckband, or where the tab extends upwardly from the neckband between the neckband and the turn-down portion. By making the lines of stitching upwardly converging, the buttonhole-bearing portion may be spaced from the collar a greater distance at its lower edge than at its upper edge, cured to the button. Furthermore, the buttonhole-bearing portion may be more easily and may be more easily sewhich extends below the neckband and constitutes a tab for use in pulling the buttonhole-bearing portion. outwardly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as-new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: p

l. A collar having a neckband and a turndown portion secured to the top edge of said neckband,-and provided with a strip extending along the inner surface, of. the neckband portion at the rear, the ends of said i strip being stitched to the collar'a-long 'upwardly converging lines, and the upper and lower edges ,of the strip being free and unattached to the neckband, the loweredge of the strip being downwardly curved to extend below the lower edge of the collar, and

the strip having a buttonhole intermediate its edges. p

2. A turn-down collar having an outer or turned down portion and .a neck-band portion and provided with a band intermediate the ends of the neck-band portion upon the inner surface thereof, said band having its' outer ends joined to said neck-band portion therefrom, said band having a buttonhole of its lower edge extending below the lower edge of the adjacentneck-band portion.

In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 'LOUIS'B. TIM.

WVitnesses: I, v,

JOHN P. DAVIS, PHILIP D. RoLLnAUs;

'and having its upper and loweredges free 

